You will find the story line starts only in places that are high… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 145

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You will find the story line starts only in places that are highly visual, and that oral cultures don’t use story lines. A myth doesn’t move on one level, it moves on many levels and once and you can’t have a story line on many levels.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 145

Quote #7316

Year: 1967

Chapters: Visual Space | Linear and Nonlinear

↪ Also at #3515